US launches 4 airstrikes against Iraqi militants

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military says American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq, taking out armored carriers and a truck that were firing on civilians.

U.S. Central Command says the Islamic State militants were firing on Yazidi civilians taking shelter in the Sinjar mountains. In a statement, the military says the militants were firing on civilians indiscriminately.

Central Command says the strikes near Sinjar were spread out, with three before noon Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday and one about 3 p.m.

The military says indications suggest that the strikes were successful in destroying the armored vehicles.

This is the third round of airstrikes against Islamic State forces by the U.S. military since they were authorized by President Barack Obama.

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So let me see, it's perfectly ok for the US to launch airstrikes to protect US citizens in a foreign country but the US slams Israel for protecting its own people in their own country. Am I missing something?!! I can only hope US citizens can start to understand the similarity in a country's right to protect it's citizens.

how about this . .. let's just start killing all the islamist terrorists wherever they are and whoever they are hanging around with. not once, twice or justthis week . . simply every day we find 10 new targets andf kill them till they are all gone . .. if you are in the way . . .well too bad ... what is the downside . . that.others will hate us? ? ?? well guess what Nancy . . .they already hate us.

ITS TIME WE LAID DOWN THE LAW . . .where is Tuman and Patton (strange /bedfellows for sure) when we need them.